• House Republicans move Biden impeachment forward as hard-right clamors for action

    House Republicans move Biden impeachment forward as hard-right clamors for action

    Jun 22, 2023 07:27 PM EDT

    ... are lining up other such votes — to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to censure Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, who was the chairman of the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, for example. It’s part of their effort to steer control of the House from ...

  • Here's when other countries have charged former leaders

    Here's when other countries have charged former leaders

    Apr 03, 2023 10:38 PM EDT

    ... home by the FBI, continued progress in a Georgia state investigation into Republican election tampering and the ongoing revelations of evidence presented by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. While charging a former president with a criminal offense is a first in the United States, in other countries ...

  • Murdoch acknowledges some Fox hosts 'endorsed' false election claims

    Murdoch acknowledges some Fox hosts 'endorsed' false election claims

    Feb 28, 2023 05:20 PM EDT

    ... example showing that those who were spreading false information about the 2020 election knew there was no evidence to support it. The now-disbanded House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol disclosed that many of Trump’s top advisers repeatedly warned him that the allegations he ...

  • Pence subpoenaed by special counsel probing Trump's involvement in 2020 election

    Pence subpoenaed by special counsel probing Trump's involvement in 2020 election

    Feb 10, 2023 03:02 PM EDT

    ... in multiple states whose results were disputed by Trump have received subpoenas asking for communications with or involving Trump and his campaign aides. A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack recommended that the Justice Department bring criminal charges against Trump and associates who helped him launch a pressure campaign ...

  • On 2nd anniversary of Capitol attack, speaker gridlock paralyzes House again

    On 2nd anniversary of Capitol attack, speaker gridlock paralyzes House again

    Jan 06, 2023 03:27 PM EDT

    ... said, "It is a very small minority who want to throw this institution into chaos." After the unsatisfying midterm election for Trump allies, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack wrapped up its work with a recommendation to the Justice Department to prosecute the former president. A special counsel ...

  • WATCH: Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals on Jan. 6 anniversary

    WATCH: Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals on Jan. 6 anniversary

    Jan 06, 2023 01:18 AM EDT

    “I wish we didn’t have to be here,” said Ken Sicknick, brother of Brian Sicknick, after the ceremony. After the unsatisfying midterm election for Trump allies, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack wrapped up its work with a recommendation to the Justice Department to prosecute the ...

  • Who are the House Republicans voting against Kevin McCarthy for speaker?

    Who are the House Republicans voting against Kevin McCarthy for speaker?

    Jan 05, 2023 12:51 AM EDT

    Bob Good of Virginia won office in 2020 after GOP voters ousted the Republican incumbent, Denver Riggleman, who had angered social conservatives by officiating a gay marriage. Riggleman subsequently went to work as a senior staff member on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and ...

  • The Jan. 6 panel is set to release its final report. Here’s what we know so far

    The Jan. 6 panel is set to release its final report. Here’s what we know so far

    Dec 18, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    After nearly 18 months of investigations, the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack is set to hold its final public meeting Monday. The committee is expected to take the unprecedented step of making criminal referrals, urging the Department of Justice to prosecute former president Donald Trump on multiple ...

  • WATCH: Pelosi says she's 'optimistic' on passing $1.7 trillion spending bill

    WATCH: Pelosi says she's 'optimistic' on passing $1.7 trillion spending bill

    Dec 15, 2022 07:22 PM EDT

    ... the proceedings is solely ministerial. During Thursday's press briefing, Pelosi also said she's looking forward to the full report of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, due out next week. "I think that they conducted the business with the seriousness it deserves ...

  • Supreme Court clears way for handover of Trump tax returns to Congress

    Supreme Court clears way for handover of Trump tax returns to Congress

    Nov 22, 2022 07:58 PM EDT

    ... s Florida estate that turned up classified documents. In January, the court refused to stop the National Archives from turning over documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Justice Clarence Thomas was the only vote in Trump's favor. In the dispute over his ...